re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical?(Posted by LSUgusto on 11/24/12 at 10:31 pm to Powerman)

Spit on? Probably rare.

But, I heard a guy's story of coming home and how excited he was after having fought and won at Hamburger Hill. He said he dressed in his military best and, with a chest full of medals puffed out, was filled with patriotism and honor when he got off the airplane at a California airport. But, he began to sense the stares, the whispers and the finger pointing. He sat in a crowded waiting area, and realized people were sitting on the floors rather than taking the open seats next to him. He said he felt his pride shrinking with every breath, and that he suddenly had never felt so alone. It wasn't until his he met his mother at his house that someone finally welcomed him home.

That's brutal, man. Spit was figurative at that point, don't you think?

re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical?(Posted by brmark70816 on 11/24/12 at 10:46 pm to Powerman)

I would think it's pretty rare to actually find real Vietnam vets, especially on a message board. The youngest would be in their late 50's and there aren't that many still alive (less than 850k total and that was over two years ago). Plus there are a ton of people that claim to have been Vietnam vets that weren't (4 out of 5 people lied about this, which is a staggering number). So you'd have to be suspicious if they are for real..

re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical?(Posted by SpartyGator on 11/24/12 at 10:59 pm to Powerman)

My dad was in the navy (but didnt go directly to vietnam) but he does talk abut a story when visiting detroit's tiger stadium being honored before a game and some booing and lots of snickering towards he and his fellow servicemen that day.

re: Was the treatment of Vietnam soldiers returning home somewhat mythical?(Posted by Interception on 11/24/12 at 11:00 pm to mograyback)

quote:The war was started by a false flag. No no.. don't argue. Its officially recognized that we fired first at Gulf of Tonkin. The lie that we told our people is the reason we we're allowed to go to war.

The war started on a false premise and a large amount of our soldiers represented our country very poorly. Of course people weren't going to receive them kindly, I'm glad.

What's a large amount of our soldiers? We obviously have different sources on this topic so, please specify how many "soldiers represented our country very poorly" and what exactly do you believe they did?